Art Star Pop Up Market at Spruce Street Harbor Park
Every Weekend, May 11th + 12th, 1-6pm
From May 18th – September 29th
A new mix of 12-20 craft vendors each day!
https://www.artstarcraftbazaar.com/about-spruce-street-harbor-park/
NOW ACCEPTING VENDOR APPLICATIONS
North Front Street Festival
Sunday, September 15th, 10-5pm
under the El at Front and Cecil B Moore in Fishtown
in partnership with Farm To City, Fishtown Co., International Bar, Evil Genius Brewing Co
40 Curated Craft Vendors, Farm To City Farmer’s Market, Booze, Beer, Food, and Live Music
https://www.artstarcraftbazaar.com/north-front-street-festival/
Art Star Pop Up Market at Midtown Village Fall Festival
October 5th, 12-8pm
30 Curated Craft Vendors within this huge Center City Festival
https://www.artstarcraftbazaar.com/about-midtown-village-fall-festival/
NOW ACCEPTING VENDOR APPLICATIONS
Art Star Pop Up Market at Cherry Street Pier
Sunday, October 27th, 11am-5pm
30+ Curated Craft Vendors, Food Vendors, City Planter
https://www.artstarcraftbazaar.com/about-cherryst/
NOW ACCEPTING VENDOR APPLICATIONS
Holiday Art Star Craft Bazaar
November 23rd + 24th, 11-5pm
at the Event Center at Sugarhouse Casino
75 Curated Craft Vendors, Make + Takes, Food, and Bars
https://www.artstarcraftbazaar.com/about-holiday-ascb/
NOW ACCEPTING VENDOR APPLICATIONS
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Shop LOCAL this Holiday Season!
With everything going on in our country right now, it is so important to support small businesses. Not only this holiday season, but all year round! Shopping at a small business benefits your local economy much more than shopping at a big box store – it generates 3.5x more wealth for your local community in fact! It is also WAY better for the environment, as mom + pops are more likely to reuse and recycle materials. These are just a couple of broad examples. A curated shopping experience, better customer service, higher quality products, more unique items….oh, I could go on forever. But I’m preaching to the choir here, right?
I know it is tempting to just sit in your pajamas and buy all your gifts on amazon, but that’s kinda boring don’t you think? Instead, why not get some exercise and explore Philadelphia’s multitude of amazing gift shops. You can easily find gifts for everyone on your list. Of course, we’d love for you to come do all your holiday shopping at Art Star (hey we’ll make your life easier and even wrap it for you!) but we know you can’t get EVERYTHING here. So here is a list of some of our favorite local shops that offer fantastic gift items and a lovely shopping experience.
Omoi Zakka Shop Omoi
My number one favorite store in Philadelphia. The most perfect design and lifestyle store.Select 215
Sister shop to Omoi and just as special.Once Worn Consignment
The BEST collection of second hand clothing. She also tends to get a good amount of designer brands.Jinxed
If you don’t know about Jinxed, you’ve been living under a rock. The most affordable and awesome selection of vintage stuff.Swag
Remember Fosters Urban Home (RIP)? This is its replacement. Modern kitchen wares, home goods, baby/kid stuff, kitschy/designy stuff.
Ritual Ritual Ritual Ritual
The most gorgeous selection of jewelry to be found under one roof.City Planter
My favorite garden shop in Philly. Great selection of plants, planters, succulents, air plants, and they even have ornaments and herbs. Love it!Brickbat Books
Best book selection for the discerning reader.
Moon & Arrow Moon + Arrow
Probably one of the best shopping experiences ever due to how absolutely gorgeous the space is. I could live here.Smak Parlour
Owned by two local fashion designers that create the most darling, girly clothes!Lost + Found
One of my all time favorite stores that carries great clothing brands at great prices. They also have a wonderful jewelry, accessories, and vintage selection.
The Clay Studio The Clay Studio
Their shop offers handmade pottery by leading ceramicists from across the globe. They also offer classes and workshops so you can make your own ceramic gifts to give this season!Fante’s Kitchen Shop
They have a great selection of cookware, bakeware, cutlery, and more. Basically heaven for the home cooks and chefs in your life.Fabric Horse
The highest quality cycling bags, backpacks, pouches, lock holsters, hip packs and more
**update** I just got word that her storefront is now closed, but you can still shop her collection online. Everything is still made in Philadelphia here!Bario Neal
Quality jewelry handmade from ethically sourced materials.Loop
My favorite yarn shop. High quality yarn and also fantastic customer service. Just go in with an idea of what you want to make and they will give you a pattern and point you to the right yarn and needles!Last, but certainly not least, I must mention two other wonderful handmade shops – Vix Emporium (West Philly) and Nice Things Handmade (South Philly). Both are owned and operated by lovely women. If we don’t have the handmade item you are looking for, these ladies likely will!
So get out from in front of your computer and shop small! What are some of your favorite local shops?
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Meet New ASCB Vendor Eve Mobley of Cedar + Fawn
I’m Eve Mobley, the illustrator working as Cedar + Fawn, based in Baltimore. I studied digital illustration in my undergrad, it wasn’t until I took an internship as a display artist at Anthropologie that I really fell in love with household objects as art. Cedar + Fawn actually began as my Senior Thesis project, and I’ve just kept it going ever since!
I have a love affair with the romanticized image of the 50’s-era housewife, which is why so much of my work is geared towards the domestic setting, specifically the kitchen and dining. My illustrations are also influenced by feminine fashions, Parisian imagery, and colorful Scandanavian design.
I collect all my “blank” dishes from restaurant supply wholesalers, but occasionally I’ll score a vintage piece or two and do a special limited edition design. I’m very picky about the shape and form of the dishes I will buy to paint on. Because my illustrations are so minimal, every detail of the final object—how it looks on the table and how it feels in the hand—is extremely important.
First I mark guides on the ceramic using a soft pencil or carbon paper, and then I use an overglaze technique to paint. As yes, I hand-paint each and every dish! Luckily, the more I repeat a design, the faster I get at painting it! After the paint is dry, the piece is fired again to set the paint and make the design permanent, food safe, and dishwasher safe. It’s just as important to me to make a functional piece as it is to make a beautiful one!
More often than not, the illustration you see on a dish is a doodle copied straight from my sketchbook. I try not to make too many revisions from paper to plate, because that relaxed, lazy line of the original doodle is exactly what makes the image so charming! The warm and approachable personality of an airy doodle is the perfect complement to the solidity of a heavy ceramic dish.
You can find my work for purchase online, as well as at all of the Charm City Craft Mafia’s shows. To see all designs past and present, and to take a peek at my 2D illustrations, check out evemobleyillustration.com!
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ASCB Shopping List: Clothing, Part 1
The Art Star Craft Bazaar is less than 1 month away!! With around 140 amazing artists/crafters participating, it is easy to become overwhelmed and want to buy everything! We recommend coming to the show with a game plan. We will be sharing ASCB Shopping Lists until the big day (May 10th/11th), so you can come with a plan of attack. Today’s shopping list is devoted to clothing b/c we have a pretty large group of vendors in this category this year. This shopping list does not include screen printed T-shirts, onesies, etc – I will devote a post to them in the coming weeks!
We have a slew of vendors selling unique, fashion forward clothes just in time for you to freshen up your spring/summer wardrobe! Which one of these vendors are you excited to check out? Let us know in the comments below, we’d love to hear from you!
1. Pretty Snake Joseph Aaron Segal is the genius behind this line of cool clothing. He had me at CATS! But seriously, his prints are amazing! He is on my personal ascb shopping list this year. Joseph was a contestant on Season 11 of Project Runway and currently teaches at the Rhode Island School of Design. This will be his first year participating in our bazaar.
2. Meerwiibli This line of clothing is expertly hand made in Phoenicia, NY by the lovely Sarah-Maria Vischer-Masino. Sarah-Maria recently opened up a shop called the Tailored Mermaid in Beacon, NY, which showcases clothing & accessories handmade by Sarah and other talented designers. She will be setting up a Tailored Mermaid pop up shop at the bazaar so she will also be selling clothing by Snoozer Loser, Vilma Mare and Quel Theatre.
3. Rebe by Debra Weiss We are happy to welcome back Art Star Craft Bazaar alum, Debra Weiss who is the talented woman behind the clothing line, Rebe. Each piece is truly a wearable work of art and her line is a favorite among ascb shoppers. Debra’s clothing is sold exclusively at craft markets and her daughter (and booth mate!) Hillery Sproatt’s online shop called Specks & Keepings. Don’t miss this chance to shop her line in person!
4. Temperate creates ethically responsible and timeless pieces made from 100% organic cotton and non-toxic, plant based dye. The clothing is not only beautiful but also comfortable and designed to be worn in a temperate, two-season climate. Their production process is low impact and their clothing is grown, milled & sewn in the USA so you can feel good about your purchase. This will be Temperate’s first time participating in our bazaar and we are excited to check out their clothes in person!
5. Megan Auman I have had Megan Auman’s leggings on my wishlist for a while now and I plan to finally pick up a pair at the bazaar. I love the colorful, painterly prints the she has designed for these. She has a bunch of different colors & patterns. I am having a hard time choosing which ones to get…. These prints are also available on clutches, pillows, and scarves. Plus, she makes incredible steel jewelry. She is a very talented lady and I am always looking forward to seeing what she makes next.There are so many great clothing vendors this year that I have decided to break this up into two posts. Soooo, To be continued…………
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New Items Arriving Daily!
Thanks to everyone that supported us this holiday season. We are feeling very thankful for wonderful, loyal customers! The holiday shopping madness left our stock looking a bit picked over, so we have been working to replenish our inventory. New items have been arriving daily. Here is a peek at some of the new goodies we got in the last few days. They are hitting the floor today & will be added to our online store soon!
Original pencil drawings by Ryan Myers.
Children’s books from our friends at Buy Olympia
Porcelain Votive Candle Holders by Miss Millie.
Jewelry + Soap Dishes by Miss Millie
Sublime Stitching’s new line of Embroidery Floss in the most amazing color palettes like Frosting, Breakdance, Flower Box + More.
and stunning tops & skirts by Malagueta
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ASCB Staff Member Picks: Lisa Castellano
The Art Star Craft Bazaar would not be possible without the AMAZING Lisa Castellano. We met her back in the early days of the ASCB when she asked to volunteer at the show, along with her then boyfriend Rich Molina. The two of them literally saved our butts the first year we had the show along Germantown Avenue, up by our old shop on the Liberties Walk. We didn’t realize how heavy the rented tables were & they saved the day by letting us use their truck. They also helped us break down the show during a massive rain storm. They did such a good job that the following years we asked them back as paid staff. Lisa is friendly, outgoing, & incredibly smart, but best of all, she is assertive & has initiative. We don’t have to tell her what to do – she knows what to do. In fact, many times she tells US what to do. Over the years we have become close friends with Lisa & consider her a part of our Art Star family. Here are her insider tips & picks from this year’s lineup of Art Star Craft Bazaar vendors.
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Hello Attendees of the 2011 Art Star Craft Bazaar –
My name is Lisa, and I am an employee of the Craft Bazaar annually. You can always see me running around from booth to booth checking in with vendors, taking care of business on my walkie talkie, & taking care of sales behind the Art Star tent. I LOVE this event & I am super excited that I get to come back & help facilitate it from year to year.
There are a few things I recommend about the Bazaar – so here are my insider notes:
Definitely get there early!! Really enjoy the day at the ASCB – take your time visiting all the various vendor booths! Leaving yourself time will definitely make your shopping experience more enjoyable.
Also, get some of the yummy organic & vegan grub by the Soy Cafe & A Full Plate, which are both regulary represented. Whether it is awesome wraps, home brewed green tea, or some awesome vegetarian pulled pork with a whoopie pie – there is plenty to eat for everyone! While you are eating, sit by the stage & listen to the variety of tunes played by some local musicians!
Finally, check out the vendor page and plan to spend some time with a few key vendors. Here are some of my regular favorites:
1. For fun & funky clothes, you definitely cannot beat Holly Hue! These crafty threads will keep you warm and/or fashion forward. They also have an awesome selection of handbags that I cannot resist! They also always have a great one-of-a-kind selection. (It is a helpful bonus that they are some of my favorite people to visit at the ASCB!)
2. Whether it is nostalgia you are looking for, a bit of history, or just something really different, Peg & Awl has it all. Check out the variety of interesting goods they have & pay attention to my personal favorite – the little book necklaces. I absolutely love mine & plan to buy another this year! I also plan on spending money at Fisticuffs. These one of a kind recycled belt wrist cuffs are only sold in person, so bring your $$ b/c you can’t get them online later!! (Ok, so these are some of my favorite people too!)
3. Guess what? BUNNY BUTT has all you could want in soaps, scents, & lips! Their mojito soap smells like a party in the shower, & their mineral tint balms leave your lips soft with the perfect amount of color. Plus, they are some of the most fun people to visit & spend some time chatting with! (noticing a trend?)
A few honorable mentions on my “frequently spending my money @ the ASCB” list include Recycle My Dress (to see those terrible old prom & bridesmaid dresses become rockin’ frocks), John Murphy (for amazingly gorgeous art in beautiful frames), The Broken Plate Pendant Company (for the best jewelry you will ever see made from dinner ware!), Girlscantell (an old high school friend who can tell you the parts of anything screen printed on everything imaginable from towels to coasters), & Yellowcake (for unique fashions from a former Project Runway contestant). The purchase possibilities are almost as endless as all of the hats by the wonderful vendor, Endless Hats!
Faceted Gold Cube Earrings by Knock Knock Studio Some of the vendors I am excited about seeing for the first time include Peppersprouts*, because my kitchen could certainly use some jazzing up with new, fun accessories (& I could always use some for me too!). Speaking of accessories for me, some delicate little cube earrings would be fun from Knock Knock Studio. Back to my kitchen & throwing in my love of penguins brings me to SKT Ceramics, because relaxing with a warm mug with a fuzzy penguin on it is just the cutest thing ever!
Penguin Cup by SKT Ceramics *Peppersprouts was at last year’s ASCB – Lisa must have missed them!
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Meet Bobby + Sara of Just A Jar Design Press!
Just A Jar Design Press is a letterpress & design studio run by Bobby & Sara Rosenstock. We have a large studio in the historic river town of Marietta, Ohio. We do a range of different things as a business, but for this post we will focus on our woodcut & letterpress prints.
We create fine art prints as well as gig posters that have all been commissioned for the actual events. Just about all of our prints are limited edition which means they are signed and numbered, & when they all sell we don’t print any more.
The process begins with a pencil drawing to scale, which is then traced on to tracing paper so I can flip the image to reverse (woodblocks need to be carved in reverse). I make a plan for colors, typically written out in the margins of the drawing. Each color is carved on it’s own block typically, (I do some reductive printing but won’t get into that here). Using carbon paper I transfer the drawing onto pieces of birch plywood. I then carve the blocks for each color.
The woodblocks are all manually printed on my Vandercook SP20 press, from the 1960s. I do a separate run for each color. If the print includes text, I will set some of my lead & wood type onto the press, & print that as a separate run.
Typesetting is a craft of it’s own. I feel overwhelmed by the options when designing on the computer, but when I’m setting type, I’m limited by the size and typefaces in my collection. I also find that when I can touch it with my hands I can understand it better. Some of our wood type is over 150 years old, & I want that history to be represented in the work.
It’s a pretty slow and meticulous process, depending on the detail, a print can take anywhere from 40 to 100 hours to complete. Planning is a big part of the process, but I also think its important for some parts of the print to be spontaneous & of the moment. I enjoy the controlled rawness of the medium, and I want the labor of the process to come through in the image.
We are really excited to be returning to Philly in May for the Art Star Craft Bazaar. We do lots of art fairs each year but our very first one was Art Star in 2009. We haven’t been back since our daughter was born in 2012, so are thrilled to be participating this year. Come stop by our tent and say hello. If you want to see more of what we do you can find us here:www.justajar.com
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Get Crafty with Art Star at The PMA!
claymation with The Clay Studio We were invited by the Philadelphia Museum of Art to bring you an evening of Crafty Fun! We hope you will join us!
Get crafty with Art Star
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.Location: Great Stair Hall
Free after admission (Wednesdays are Pay What You Wish at the Museum)Join Art Star founders Erin Waxman and Megan Brewster and leading members of Philly’s craft community for a night of crafty fun! Stations will include screen printing with Candy Coated, paper crafts with Kayte Terry, sculpture with the Philadelphia Sculpture Gym, ceramics with the Clay Studio, jewelry making with Maureen Duffy, weaving with Janell Wysock, cross-stitch with chez sucre chez, and heat press with Little Chair Printing. A selection of Art Star’s affordable, handmade goods will be available for purchase and Cut + Paste Photobooth will be on-site offering free prints.
Paper Crafting with Kayte Terry Guests will be able to try their hands at a bunch of crafting techniques and get to take home what they make! Below is a full list of the craft projects that we will be hosting:
Chez-sucre-chez
Learn (or practice) the basics of counted cross-stitch while making a quick and easy project that you can wear. Choose from a variety of motifs, stitch it onto fabric, and turn your small stitched masterpiece into a covered button that can be sewn onto clothing or turned into a pin. http://chezsucrechez.com/Janell Wysock
Textile Artist and Designer Janell Wysock will demonstrate and invite participants to create their own small broach using remnants from her many processes in her daily studio practice. http://janellwysock.com/Kayte Terry
The shift from summer to fall brings cooler nights, a crispness in the air and the turning of leaves from green to russet, red and orange. It’s a fleeting moment, one that we always wish we could hang onto for just a moment longer. Philadelphia crafter and author Kayte Terry shows you how to preserve the beauty of autumnal leaves with a mixed media project, a Falling Leaves Garland. We’ll use paper, fabric and felt to make a beautiful Autumnal garland that you can display for many years to come! http://www.thisisloveforever.com/ Philadelphia Sculpture Gym
The PSG Make + Take will be a plaster casting of press molded objects. Participants will be able to create small medallions by pressing forms into clay to create a negative and casting the finished piece in plaster.
http://philadelphiasculpturegym.com/ Candy Coated
Make your own thank you note or small art print for the fridge with expert screen printer, Candy Coated.
http://www.candycoated.org/Little Chair Printing will bring her heat press and huge collection of iron on designs from the 80s. Design and heat press your own T-shirt! Tees will be for sale or bring your own! http://littlechairprinting.
com/home.html Maureen Duffy will be demonstrating how to pierce out a pendant using a jeweler’s saw and bench pin. After the demonstration there will be silhouettes and copper sheet provided for you to create your own piece. After sawing and sanding your copper pendant there will be letter stamps provided to use for an added personal touch. When your pendant is complete you will be given a chord to show off your one of a kind work!
www.maureenduffy215.comClaymation with The Clay Studio
Try your hand at clay and learn how to create stop-motion animation with your ipad! See your clay creations transformed into animated stories, then upload and share with your friends! www.theclaystudio.orgCut + Paste Photo Booth is an open air booth that offers a curated collection of fun props and backdrops – no clown glasses here! This is the perfect excuse to squeeze in with some of your favorite people and take a picture! http://cutandpastephotobooth.com/
Learn More about the PMA’s Wednesday Night Series HERE
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Meet The Maker: Hilary Hertzler
My work is colorful, textured, and sometimes very large. I am very attracted to contrast. I like to push the balance of what people expect in jewelry. I like making things that are a riot of color and texture and unexpected material combinations.Ironically, I’ve never really been someone who wears a lot of jewelry. This is not to say that I didn’t like jewelry. I just never felt the urge to wear it on a regular basis – to find those ‘go to’ pieces that I could wear every day. The jewelry I did buy for myself tended to be one-off, handmade pieces – items that made me feel like I was expressing a part of myself that wasn’t so apparent to most people. A little wink to who I wished to be.
I get a lot of visceral reactions to my jewelry. People want to touch it, which makes me very happy. Touch is such a personal kind of connection – and I want my jewelry to feel personal. Even still, people often ruminate on my work saying, ‘It is beautiful. It would really look good on so and so. I wish I could pull it off.’ I can identify with this line of thought, but I try not to subscribe to it. I believe that, at our best, our choices in art, jewelry, clothing are expressions of who we are, aspirations of who we’d like to be.
What I hope when a customer buys a piece of mine is that it makes you feel strong and happy in your own skin. That it makes you smile and brings you a bit of joy when you wear it. That it helps you to express a part of yourself that isn’t so apparent to others or easy to express. That the rules you’ve created for yourself fall away a little when you wear it.
Creating something handmade is so personal. I like to think that I am passing along a certain energy to those who wear my jewelry. In turn, you will shape it into something for yourself, for your life. It’s a lofty goal for a small item, perhaps – but a vital one, one that affirms what makes us human: the power to recreate ourselves.
A few months ago I had a request from a customer for repair services. She was looking for someone to repair a necklace that her grandmother recently gifted her. It was a beautiful, intricately beaded piece that her grandmother bought for herself when she was a 16 year old girl in South Africa. When I received the package in the mail, I opened it up only to be hit by a warm, sweet smell. The beads were handmade, unfinished clay, rough and warm – impregnated with the perfume of her grandmother. It was a perfect, full circle moment for me and a reminder of why I feel very lucky to do what I do – to create, to connect, and pass it along.
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Upcoming Artist Opportunities
Genevieve Geer of Le Puppet Regime at our Spring Art Star Craft Bazaar. Photo by Chris Kendig Thank you so much to everyone that came out to our 12th Annual Art Star Craft Bazaar on May 9th + 10th. It was one of our busiest years yet – over 15k people came out to buy handmade this past year! If you did not make it to our show, please visit our vendor line-up page or stop by our store to shop our vendors!
We have just a few (winks) events coming up! AND many opportunities for Artists and Crafters who are looking to vend.
Art Star Craft Bazaar at Asbury Park, NJ – July 25th + 26th Details HERE
Art Star Pop Up Market at Spruce Street Harbor Park. Every Saturday through September 26th from 11-4pm. NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
Art Star Pop Up Market at 2nd Street Festival. August 2nd, 12-8pm. NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
You can find info and applications for ALL OF OUR UPCOMING SHOWS now at www.artstarcraftbazaar.com This includes our Pop Up Markets
AND Please check out all the beautiful photos taken by Chris Kendig at our May 9th + 10th Bazaar here.
12th Annual Spring Art Star Craft Bazaar More Artist Opportunities in Philadelphia via some of our friends (all now accepting applications):
Art Market At Tyler School of Art
Bang!Boom!Craft fair
Art For The Cash Poor HURRY! Only a few spaces left!!